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FINDING BOOKS IN EUREKA

EUREKA is the CSUS Online catalog of books. Use EUREKA to find books by Author, Title, or Subject. The easiest form of searching in EUREKA is Keyword searching. EUREKA is also used to locate journals that CSUS subscribes to. Search for Journals under the Periodicals & Serials tab by title.

Boolean Operators are terms that limit or expand your search. The following table demonstrates boolean operators in action.

AND Limits search by added word or phrase ex: family and divorce
OR Expands search by searching for both words or phrases ex: nutrition or diet
AND NOT Limits search by excluding second word or phrase ex: family and not divorce

 

LOCATING JOURNAL ARTICLES
Electronic indexes are restricted to CSUS students, faculty, and staff.
Instructions for off-campus access are available at Connecting to Library Databases from Off-Campus

General Multidisciplinary Databases
The general databases cover most available topics. They are a great way to begin looking for journal articles on specific topics. All of the following databases have some full-text access to the information found within them.

EBSCOhost Academic Search http://library.csus.edu/databases/default.asp?mode=alpha&letter=E
One of the best general purpose databases available. Indexes over 3,000 journals and allows users to find full-text articles in over 1,000 of those journals. Also allows users to limit searches to academic or peer-reviewed journals, and send those results to themselves via e-mail.

InfoTrac Expanded Academic http://library.csus.edu/databases/default.asp?mode=alpha&letter=I
Along with EBSCOhost, InfoTrac is a great source that allows you to locate both popular and academic journals back to 1980 in some cases. In addition, InforTrac does contain the full-text to some articles and does allow you to e-mail results to yourself at home or work.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe http://library.csus.edu/databases/default.asp?mode=alpha&letter=L
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe is actually 5 databases in one package. You can search for legal, business, news, medical, and reference information within Lexis-Nexis. Full-text access to laws, journal, and newspaper articles is available through this database. Like EBSCOhost and InfoTrac, Lexis-Nexis will allow you to e-mail search results to yourself.

CQ Researcher http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/
The CQ Researcher is a great resource for understanding current and timely issues. Each issue is devoted to covering a single topic and provides the user with analysis, pro/con, and extensive bibliographies on those topics. In addition, the database extends coverage back to 1991, allowing the user to get some historical context on hot topics like abortion, terrorism, genetic engineering and many others.


Selected Subject Databases
Subject databases are indexes to journal articles online that deal with one discipline almost exclusively. These are great tools to focus a search within a field like Health, Psychology, Nutrition, Families, and many other areas. Most of the subject specific databases do not have full-text acces to journal articles. To locate CSUS's holdings, or electronic access to these journals use the Journal Locator List http://proxy.lib.csus.edu:8000/sfx/azlist.php

Medline http://library.csus.edu/databases/default.asp?mode=alpha&letter=M
A great resource for locating research in the medical field.

PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
Another tool that allows you to find the abstracts to journal articles in the field of health, nutrition and allied sciences.

PsycINFO http://library.csus.edu/databases/default.asp?mode=alpha&letter=P
The leading database at CSUS for finding journals in the field of psychology.

Sociological Abstracts http://library.csus.edu/databases/default.asp?mode=alpha&letter=S
A major sources for locating scholarly journals in the field of sociology.

RELATED CSUS SUBJECT GUIDES

Medicine, Health & Nutrition

Medicine: Selected Resources (E. Heaser) http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/heas/medicine.htm
Health: Nutrition and Food (D. Metzger) http://library.csus.edu/guides/metzgerd/foodnutrition.htm

Families & Family Studies

Child Development Resources (R. Van Auker) http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/childdev2.htm
Social Work Resources (B. Kristie, L. Goff, D. Rogenmoser) http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/krist/socialwork.html
Sociology (K. Blackmer Reyes) http://library.csus.edu/guides/blackmer/sociology.htm

Citing Sources

APA Style Guide (K. Blackmer Reyes) http://library.csus.edu/guides/blackmer/APAstyle.htm
Citing Electronic Resources (B. Budge, A. Bradley) http://library.csus.edu/guides/bradleya/eography.htm
Style Guides (D. Rogenmoser) http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/general/style.html

Evaluating Web Sources

Evaluating Web Sources is a critical part of the research process. You need to verify that the information you locate is accurate, current, and appropriate for your assignment. There are no editors on the Web and it is up to you to ensure that the information you locate online is the best information available. Here are some criteria for evaluating Web sources.

  • Is the information accurate?
  • Who is the intended audience?
  • Who is the author and the author's affiliations if any?
  • Is there a bias or slant to the information?
  • How current is the information?

For more information about evaluating web information check out these links:

Evaluating Web-based information (L. Goff) http://library.csus.edu/services/inst/ICCS/infocomp/tutorials/module5/web/relevance/index.htm

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Questions/comments to:  H. Reza Peigahi reza.peigahi@csus.edu
California State University, Sacramento
Created 11/03